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Vulnerability details: VCID-j8fv-uhxw-jkcw
Vulnerability ID VCID-j8fv-uhxw-jkcw
Aliases CVE-2020-7941
PYSEC-2020-90
Summary A privilege escalation issue in plone.app.contenttypes in Plone 4.3 through 5.2.1 allows users to PUT (overwrite) some content without needing write permission.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
There are no known severity scores.
Reference id Reference type URL
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:06:07.153440+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2020-90.yaml 38.6.0